City Clerk

The City Clerk's Department is the corporate office for the City of Elliot Lake and the holder of the corporate seal. All official corporate business is processed through this Department. The City Clerk's Department is the keeper of Council's Corporate business records and documents. Consequently, the Department is heavily used as an official source of information. It deals with hundreds of inquiries and disseminates information of all types. Inquiries come from sources such as: the general public, lawyers, businesses, entrepreneurs, consultants, media, provincial government agencies, municipal employees and elected officials.

The City Clerk's Department is responsible for the following core functions:

Processing of all Corporate business to be dealt with by the Council

Providing advice to Council and staff to ensure that all Corporate business is properly dealt with in accordance with the Statutes of Ontario and other applicable law

Developing and administering Municipal policy

Administering and delivering planning services pursuant to the Planning Act

Processing and administering requests under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. For General Information on submitting a Request for Access to information, click HERE.

Responding to a large number of requests for information, both internally and externally

Carrying out a variety of statutory duties such as those under the Vital Statistics Act, the Municipal Elections Act, etc.

Information Technology

The City's IT division is responsible for all network operations, procurement of hardware and software, providing support to all corporate network users and overall computer related services. The IT division is responsible for the technical aspect of the City's web site, in conjunction with the Economic Development Office.